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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, Narrative.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. By creating a vague story or lead character In literature, Culler suggests that the author hopes to achieve what response from the reader?
(a) Creativity.
(b) All of these.
(c) Frustration.
(d) Projection.

2. According to theorists, what will a reader not measure equally when it comes to Shakespeare versus a dime-store novel?
(a) Moral.
(b) Entertainment value.
(c) Popular appeal.
(d) Expectations.

3. What literary form do parts of Robert Burns' poetry imitate?
(a) Sermons.
(b) Shakespeare.
(c) Speeches.
(d) Folk songs.

4. According to Chapter 4, what is Hamlet about on a surface level?
(a) A Danish Prince.
(b) A young man's inheritance.
(c) The death of a father.
(d) The betrayal of family.

5. Literature as an aesthetic object attempts to encourage the reader to explore a relationship between _____________.
(a) Words and physical placement.
(b) Form and function.
(c) Desire and words.
(d) Content and form.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Chapter 2, which of the examples below cannot be considered literature?

2. Who is not a character in third-person narration?

3. What form of criticism believes that the understanding of text is contingent upon reader knowledge and experience?

4. Who is Ferdinand de Saussure?

5. In Chapter 2, what does fiction aim to achieve?

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